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Jeans Pencil Roll

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Encourage the artist in your kids and have fun making this really useful Pencil Roll together

If you've got an old pair of jeans that you don't wear anymore, don't throw them away, make them into something. Cut the legs off and make them into a pair of shorts... easy... or use the material to cover a hardback book, but that's another story, or really fuel your creativity by not only making something, but making something really useful that will help you be creative wherever you are.. . .
A pencil roll is a must for any budding artist. Just what you need to keep all your best sketching pencils neatly in order and in perfect condition, with ample room for an eraser as well. Perfect for school or holidays or when you want to do some sketching when you're out and about. A pencil roll is much better than a pencil case, because when you roll it out, the pencils are displayed in a really handy way, and yet when it's rolled up it protects your pencils and stops them from getting broken, which is why professional artists use them.

We've made our pencil roll from an old pair of jeans, (there's something so cool about that) but of course, any old trousers would work just as well, as would any reasonably robust fabric. If you don't have any old trousers, why not try a piece of old curtains, old upholstery fabric or an old canvas bag for example. Also we've used a glue gun to make the whole thing, which means you don't need a sewing machine. However if you have a sewing machine, just replace the glue gun instruction steps with a sewing machine and you'll get an excellent result.

This is a very neat and simple project and the instructions are really easy to follow. The instructions come in both US Letter size and A4, just click on the size you need, to download it.

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We can't wait to see the pictures of what you’ve made. Kids love it when the things you made together are published, so go on upload a picture of what you made. It's easy, just go to your dadcando My Page and upload your pictures into this project and we'll put one of them right here in the project picture gallery.

To give you the higest quality and the shortest download time, most of our downloads are supplied in Adobe PDF format for your convenience. Adobe Reader is standard on most computers, but if you do not have it, you can get the most up to date version free from Adobe, here.

Posted by mangaboy - Here's a picture of it all rolled up with the string tied

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Crafty things to do

You don't have
to be an expert craftster
to enjoy dadcando craft projects. All our projects are designed with children in mind, and all explained in simple steps that will give you great results every time. But, even if you are experienced in the art of crafting, we're sure you'll find interesting projects here that are new and different. Bind your own book and cover it with an old pair of trousers! Or learn the modern art of papier mâché, where you can make this gorgeous
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D'oh Nut
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using
masking tape . . . . . . . . . and couple of plastic grocery bags. Even where we explain more tradition crafts, like painting a T-shirt, we add details to make sure that you and your children get the best results.
Dadcando′s projects are driven by what
kids want, and so you'll find many of
of them are based on films, books
and console games.
Where necessary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
our projects are supplied with lovely . .
download printables of the highest quality so that your models and craft will always look as close as possible like the pictures of the finished projects you see on the pages of dadcando.

Now on dadcando you can upload pictures of the things that you have made and not only show your friends but win prizes in one of the regular competitions we run for the best uploaded pictures. So what are you waiting for?
It's time to get crafting with dadcando and see what you can do.

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